Mon, S.K., Nencheva, M., Citron, F.M.M., Lew-Williams, C., & Goldberg, A.E. (2021, accepted). Conventional metaphors elicit greater real-time engagement than literal paraphrases or concrete sentences. Journal of Memory and Language.

Talk for a general audience presented as part of the Lancaster Psychology Research Showcase Series (June 2021): Watch the talk here  

• Citron, F.M.M.(2020). Engaging with figurative language: insights from neuroimaging. CogSci 2020 Virtual Conference, July 2020. Watch my recorded talk here and read my 2-page abstract here.
• Citron, F.M.M. (2020). What makes metaphors more engaging? Insights from neuroimaging and physiological measures. Society for the Neurobiology of Language (SNL) Virtual Conference, October 2020. View my poster here.
• Citron, F.M.M., Clarke, H., Liao, Q., & Rasse, C. (2020). The role of literary metaphors in aesthetic appreciation. CogSci 2020 Virtual Conference, July 2020. View the poster here. Access the abstract here.

Now accepted in Neuropsychologia, with Nora Michaelis and Adele Goldberg!

Postprint available here: http://psyarxiv.com/fqr48

Rasse, C., Onysko, A., & Citron, F.M.M. (2019, accepted). Conceptual metaphors in poetry interpretation: A psycholinguistic approach. Language and Cognition. Preprint available here.

How is metaphor related to emotion? The experts explain! (Creative Power or Metaphor conference, Oxford, March 2019

More on this in the Roundtable discussion on Metaphor & Emotion (Oxford, March 2019)

Panellist at the roundtable discussion on “Metaphor and Emotion”, at the conference The Creative Power of Metaphor, University of Oxford, 29th March 2019

Metaphor, Emotion and the Brain at Alpen-Adria University

Metaphor, emotion, and multilingualism

Carina Rasse will visit Lancaster in May to conduct a project on “Conceptual metaphors in poetry interpretation” together with Francesca. Carina is currently a PhD student at the Alpen-Adria University of Klagenfurt, Austria.